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2002 XIX Winter Olympics closes in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City

2002 XIX Winter Olympics opens in Salt Lake City Utah/Quebec City

1998 NBA Finals, Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4 games to 2

1997 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2

1994 Amy Osmond, of Utah, 17, crowned America's Junior Miss

1991 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95

1990 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions

1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions

1989 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature

1985 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985)

1985 -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)

1985 Nevada-Las Vegas beats Utah 142-140, highest college basketball score

1984 Fire at Wilberg Mine in central Utah killed 27 people

1984 Sharlene Wells (Utah), 20, crowned 58th Miss America 1985

1984 Adrian Dantly (Utah), ties NBA record of 28 free throws

1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart

1980 Amy Merrill, Miss Utah Teen USA 1997

1980 Deidra Graham, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, gymnast, alternate for the 1996 Olympics

1979 Charles Butler, born in Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater

1978 Douglas Osmond, born in Provo, Utah, vocalist for Osmond Boys

1977 Jodi Webb, Miss Utah Teen USA 1996

1977 Nathan Osmond, Utah, vocalist, Osmond Boys

1977 Gary Gilmore, executed in Utah, 1st U.S. execution since 1967

1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore

1976 Amanda Moody, born in Orem, Utah, Miss America-Utah, 1996

1975 Michael Osmond, Utah, singer, Osmond Boys

1975 Raegan Scott, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz

1975 Jacque Vaughn, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

1974 Kim Williams, WNBA guard for the Utah Starzz

1974 Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz

1974 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1

1973 Shandon Anderson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1973 Nanette Pearson, born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Miss America-Utah, 1997

1973 Greg Ostertag, NBA center, for the Utah Jazz

1973 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah

1972 Adam Clawson, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, slalom single canoe, Olympic-19th-96

1972 Howard Eisley, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

1972 Jamie Watson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1972 Elena Baranova, WNBA center for the Utah Starzz

1972 Deborah Carter, WNBA forward for the Utah Starzz

1971 Jessie Hicks, WNBA forward and center for the Utah Starzz

1971 Tonja Marie Christensen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, playmate, Nov, 1991

1971 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3

1971 Tracy Kennick, Miss Utah USA 1996

1970 Bryon Russell, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1970 Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)

1970 Jennifer Nakken, born in Cedar City, Utah, Miss Utah-America 1991

1970 Dena Head, WNBA guard for the Utah Starzz

1970 Tammi Reiss, WNBA guard, Utah Starzz

1970 Adam Keefe, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1968 Greg Foster, NBA center, Utah Jazz

1968 John Preston, born in Utah, actor, Greg-General Hospital

1968 Dawn Allinger, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, team handball back court, Oly-1996

1968 David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets

1968 Felton Spencer, NBA center, Utah Jazz

1966 Dan Truman, St. George Utah, singer, Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle

1966 Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again

1966 Chris Morris, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1965 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah

1965 Karen Booker, WNBA center for the Utah Starzz

1964 Cynthia Brimhall, born in Ogden Utah, playmate, October, 1985

1963 Karl Malone, born in Summeerfield, Louisiana, NBA forward, Utah, Oly-2 gold-92, 96

1963 Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

1963 Jimmy Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Donnie and Marie

1962 Michael Link, born in Provo, Utah, actor, Earl-Julia

1962 John Stockton, born in Spokane, Washington, NBA guard, Utah Jazz, 1996 Olympics gold

1961 Antoine Carr, NBA forward and center, Utah Jazz

1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes

1960 Mike Lookinland, Mt Pleasant Utah, actor, Bobby-Brady Bunch

1959 Marie Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer and actress, Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts

1959 Britt Helfer, Clearfield Utah, actress, Lily-Loving, Alley Cat

1959 Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge, New Jersey, NBA forward, Det Pistons, Utah Jazz

1958 Jay Don Blake, St. George, Utah, PGA golfer, 1991 Shearson Lehman Open

1957 Donny Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie

1955 Jay Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie

1955 Adrian Dantley, Washington D.C., NBA forward, Olympics gold 1976, Utah Jazz

1953 Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St. George, Utah)

1953 Merrill Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie

1951 Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie

1949 Alan Osmond, born in Ogden, Utah, singer, Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie

1948 Byron Allred, Logan, Utah, rocker, Steve Miller Band

1948 Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor, Luke/Bill-General Hospital

1944 48 people die in a train accident in Ogden, Utah

1944 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40

1942 Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx

1941 David LaFlamme, born in Utah, electric violinist, It's a Beautiful Day

1940 Merlin Olsen, Utah, NFL tackle, Rams, /sportscaster/actor, Father Murphy

1940 Sam Melville, Utah, actor, Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks

1938 School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City Utah

1936 Buddy Merrill, born in Torrey, Utah, guitarist, Lawrence Welk Show

1934 Wilford Brimley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Gus-Our House, Cocoon

1933 Robert F Bennett, Sen-R Utah

1933 U.S. Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id and Salt Lake City Utah closes

1930 Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut, STS 51-B

1929 KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions

1928 Earl Brown, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Stovall-Operation Petticoat

1928 Joi Lansing, born in Salt Lake City Utah, actress, Bob Cummings Show

1926 Avalanche buries 75 in Sap Gulch Bingham Utah, 40 die

1925 Keith Larsen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Hunter, Brave Eagle

1925 Brent Scowcroft, born in Ogden, Utah, Lieutenant General, USAF, /National Security Council

1924 Marie Windsor, [Emily Marie Bertelson], Utah, actress, Double Deal

1924 Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate Utah

1923 Keene Curtis, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Magician, Amanda's

1921 Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947

1918 Robert Walker, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor and writer, Bataan, Mme Curie

1918 Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah's Wasatch National Park

1917 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress, Dr. Kildaire, I've Got a Secret

1917 Leon Janney, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Hawk

1915 Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah is established

1915 Art Lund, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, singer, Ken Murray Show

1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia

1913 Paul Langton, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Leslie-Peyton Place

1913 Loretta Young, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actr, Farmer's Daughter, Stranger

1909 Herblock, [Herbert L Block], Roosevelt, Utah, political cartoonist

1909 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens

1908 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized

1908 Natural Bridges National Monument forms near Lake Powell, Utah

1906 Philo T Farnsworth, Beaver Utah, inventor, electronic TV

1900 Premature blast collapses mine tunnel killing 200 at Scofield, Utah

1899 Byron Foulger, Ogden, Utah, actor, River's Edge, Up in Smoke

1898 Hazel Dawn, [LaTout], Utah, actress, Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl

1897 Betty Compson, Beaver, Utah, actress, Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth

1897 Natacha Rambova, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, costume designer

1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah)

1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator

1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator

1896 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state

1895 U.S. state Utah accepts female suffrage

1895 John Gilbert, [Pringle], Logan, Utah, actor, Heart o' the Hills

1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah dedicated

1890 Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier, Utah, western actor, Arizona Kid, Hard Fists

1889 Moroni Olsen, born in Ogden, Utah, actor, Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White

1876 Culbert Olson, Fillmore Utah, Gov-D-Cal

1873 David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th President of Mormon church

1870 George A. Smith, born in Salt Lake City Utah, 8th President of Mormon church

1868 U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho)

1862 Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah

1861 U.S. creates Dakota and Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska and Utah territories

1850 Territories of New Mexico and Utah created

1848 Mexico ratifies treaty giving U.S.; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million

1847 Brigham Young and his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, Utah

1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah

1826 Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah



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